11-20 International Residential Code

Add Section R106.2.1 Improvement Survey.

The application shall also be accompanied by a survey that is certified by a surveyor registered in the State of Colorado, is no more than two years old, and that contains or indicates the following:

• a) Original wet stamp and signature of the surveyor,
• b) Standard industry language regarding accuracy of the survey,
• c) Property boundaries,
• d) All structures and buildings located on the site,
• e) Topography indicating two foot contour intervals,
• f) Natural water courses that traverse or are adjacent to the lot or parcel,
• g) Average high water mark for such natural water courses,
• h) 100 year Floodplain and/or delineated wetlands (where relevant),
• i) Lot or parcel size,
• j) Legal description,
• k) Location and dimensions of any easements and rights-of-way either contained on the parcel or adjacent to the parcel,
• l) All development envelopes approved through land use review,
• m) Trees within the building envelope that have a greater than 6 inch DBH,
• n) Location of existing well and/or septic system(s) (where applicable),
• o) Legible vicinity map, and
• p) Surveyor notes.

The above requirements shall not be mandatory for a building permit application to reconstruct or remodel totally within the limits of an existing building or structure.

Section R106.3.3 Phased Approval is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Section R108.1 Payment of fees is hereby amended and shall read as follows: A permit shall not be valid until all fees prescribed by the most current Pitkin County Community Development fee ordinance are paid in full, nor shall an amendment to the permit be released until the additional fees, if any, have been paid.

Section R108.3 Building Permit Valuations. A complete Schedule of Values must be submitted at permit application and prior to a final inspection for review and auditing purposes. The Schedule of Values shall include the complete project cost including all final finish materials.

108.6 Work commencing before permit issuance is amended and shall read as follows: Any person who commences any work on a building, structure, electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to an investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, which may be collected whether or not the permit is subsequently issued. The minimum investigation fee shall be equal to the amount of the permit fee set forth in the most current adopted Community Development fee ordinance. The second time and subsequent times an individual starts work without a permit the minimum fee shall be four times the permit fee.

Section R109.1.6 Final Inspection is hereby amended and shall read as follows:

The final inspection shall be made after all work required by the building permit is completed and all applicable referral agencies have accepted the work to comply with conditions of approval and any specific regulations.

Add Section R109.5 Reinspections. A reinspection fee may be assessed when an inspection is called for and the work is not complete, required corrections are not made, field copy of approved plans is not readily available to the inspector, work is not accessible or for deviating form approved plans.

Section R110.4 Temporary Occupancy is hereby deleted.

Section R112 BOARD OF APPEALS is hereby amended and shall read as follows:

R112.1 General. In order to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the building official relative to the application and interpretation of this code, there shall be and is hereby created a board of appeals consisting of members who are qualified by experience and training to pass on matters pertaining to building construction and who are not employees of the jurisdiction. The building official shall be an ex officio member of and shall act as secretary to said board but shall have no vote on any matter before the board. The board of appeals shall be appointed by the governing body and shall hold office at its pleasure. The board shall adopt rules of procedure for conducting its business, and shall render all decisions and findings in writing to the appellant with a duplicate copy to the building official.

R112.2 Limitations of Authority is hereby amended and the last sentence shall read: The board of appeals shall have no authority relative to interpretation of the administrative provisions of this code nor shall the board be empowered to waive requirements of this code.

R202 Definitions. Habitable Space is hereby amended. The definition shall remain as written, with the following sentence appended to the end: Unfinished basements with a ceiling height of 80 inches or more are considered habitable space.

Table 301.2(1) shall read as follows:

*The value of roof (or other structural member) snow load shall be equal to the recommended basic snow load as defined in the 2016 Snow load Design Data for Colorado, prepared and published by the Structural Engineers Association of Colorado

**Engineered per ASCE 7-10 Standard

***As Verified on map(s) located in the 2015 International Residential Code

R313.1 Townhouse automatic fire sprinkler systems is hereby amended and shall read as follows:

An automatic residential fire sprinkler system shall be installed in structures 5,000 square feet or greater in gross floor area as defined by the 2015 International Building Code or two (2) stories of more in height and containing four (4) or more dwelling units. Fire separations shall not constitute separate buildings for this purpose.

R313.2 One- and two-family dwellings automatic fire sprinkler systems is hereby amended and shall read as follows:

An approved automatic fire-extinguishing system shall be installed in all structures 5,000 square feet or greater ass defined by fire area (IBC section 702.1). A fire wall, as defined in IBC section 702.1, shall not create separate buildings for this purpose.

R315 Carbon monoxide alarms is hereby amended and shall read in its entirety:

R315.1 Carbon monoxide alarms. Carbon monoxide alarms shall be installed in new and existing buildings in compliance with the Pitkin County Carbon Monoxide Ordinance No. 039-2008.

Section R902.1 is hereby amended and shall read as follows:

The second sentence is replaced with the following: The minimum roof assemblies installed on buildings shall be Class A. Third sentence amended to delete Class B and C.

Add Section R903.5 Snow shed design.

Roofs shall be designed so that they do not shed ice and snow onto the main path of egress to the public way, upon the public way or upon neighboring property.

Exceptions:

1. Roofs with mechanical snow retention devices secured to roof framing members or to solid blocking in accordance to manufacturers’ instructions or as designed by a licensed structural engineer.
2. Roof areas with a horizontal dimension of no more than 48 inches that will not receive snow shedding from a higher roof are exempt from the requirement of design by a licensed structural engineer. The horizontal projection shall be measured perpendicular to the exterior wall line from the edge of the roof or eave to any intersecting vertical surface.
3. The re-roofing of legally-existing roofs that are not framed to allow effective installation of snow retention devices is exempt from this requirement.
4. Roofs with asphalt shingle roof coverings with a pitch of 6 in 12 or less are exempt from this requirement.

Section R905.2.7.1 Ice barrier is hereby amended to read as follows:

An ice dam barrier that consists of at least two layers of underlayment cemented together or of a self-adhering polymer modified bitumen sheet shall be used in lieu of normal underlayment and shall extend from the roof eave edge at least four and one-half feet inside the exterior wall line as measured along the roof surface, twenty-four inches from the centerline of the valley and up twenty-four inches on the vertical wall at a roof and wall juncture.

Add Section R1003.1.1 Fireplaces allowed. The number of fireplaces allowed shall be determined by the Pitkin County Code Section 6.12.030.

Chapter 11 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Chapter 11 Energy Efficiency. The provisions of the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code shall apply to all matters governing the design and construction of buildings for energy efficiency.

M1305.1.3 Appliances in attics. Exception 2 is hereby amended and shall read: Where the passageway is unobstructed and not less than 5’ 6” high and 30” wide for its entire length, the passageway shall be not more that 50’ long.

M1305.1.4 Appliances under floors. Exception 2 is hereby amended and shall read: Where the passageway is unobstructed and not less than 5’ 6” high and 30” wide for its entire length, the passageway shall not be limited in length.

Add M1307.7 Fuel-burning appliances. All condensate shall be neutralized, collected and discharged.

Section G2406.2 Appliance location is amended as follows:

Exceptions 3 &4 are hereby deleted.